The best way to learn from an interview is to email your interviewer asking for feedback - positive as well as negative - to try and find out how they reached their decision.

This doesn’t just demonstrate a professional attitude, but also shows you treat every interview as a chance to learn.

Remember that managers are busy, so some feedback might be cover-all and not particularly insightful. But if you do get some pointers it could signpost any areas to improve on.

At HR GO, we aim to follow up after interviews and give candidates feedback when we can. While we appreciate that we can’t always get a detailed breakdown of how interviewers felt a candidate performed, we’ll also pass on anything that we hear from them.

Your next step after feedback? To act on it!

4: Don’t build up rejection baggage

Getting a rejection can dent confidence, so watch your motivation levels and morale. Sometimes, job hunting is a long-haul process so if you start doubting your abilities this may take a toll on your future performance.

As hard as it sounds, it’s about tackling each new job opportunity with a fresh state of mind. Feedback from past interviews is valuable, as long as you learn from it without over-analysing and being crippled by your mistakes.

5: Don’t stop learning and developing

Do all you can to keep your skills razor-sharp and experience current. Keeping professionally active might be finding a new mentor in your field, helping out with a relevant not-for-profit project or investigating new training.

Taking your ongoing development seriously will help confidence and could make you more interesting to a potential employer in your next interview.

6: Don’t stop moving forward

Yes, unsuccessful interviews are undoubtedly frustrating. But use them as a chance to make yourself a stronger applicant and they’ll actually help you find a role that suits you down to the ground.

Who knows? In terms of your career, getting a knockback could even be the best thing to ever happen to you...